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> >very early in the session before I got ***in my right foot and then a

> ***in the foot! Perhaps I'm missing something here since I am not
> english, but I take it you ment cramp? :)

> >Perfect weekend,

> Sure sound like it! Congratulations and good luck in the future, hope
> you get a drive soon.

> Shit I'm jealous...

> Cheers,

> /Martin

>Anyway, I was at Brands Hatch over the weekend, testing on Saturday and
>racing on Sunday. It was a lot of fun. Paddock Hill bend is just an
>amazing corner! :)) The test day was superb, as I got to run with the
>British Formula Ford teams that will run in the national 'Slick50'
>championship. I was running a '95 Swift so it was hard to keep up with
>the 2000 cars, however in the last session of the day in damp conditions
>I was able to keep up with them in the turns! I was well chuffed. I got
>down to a  50.4 best lap in the dry 3rd session before the rain came (4
>sessions in all - each session lasted 25 minutes). The best lap set in
>the car I was driving is a 49.4 so to be within a second of the pace on
>my first ever day at the track was pleasing.

>Sunday, raceday was very long. There were 9 races (and 9 qualifying
>sessions) to get through and my race was race 9! The track was dry and
>we had good weather all day. Qualifying went okay - I got down to a 50.4
>very early in the session before I got ***in my right foot and then a
>few yellows appeared on the track. Getting a good time after that was
>almost impossible. I was 4th on the grid, just 0.7s behined the pole
>man, who incidently was in a '99 Van Diemen!

>It was well past 6:00pm before we got called to the assembly area for
>the race. I was well fired up after almost 5 months since my last race!
>The race start was very tricky, as the grid was on a steep downhill
>slope - and I was on the outside line for Paddock. Nevertheless, I held
>the car across the brake and accelrator managing to hold the correct
>revs and got a great start. I held the outside line right the way around
>paddock and defended my 4th place upto the next turn, Druids. I was on
>the brakes as late as I dared and nipped into 3rd!! I decided then that
>it was better to hold my position and build a gap to 4th before trying a
>maouver for 2nd. It wasn't long into the 15 lap race before we got
>amongst the backmarkers. The gap to the leader was still very small and
>coming into the last corner the 2nd placed man hesitated in traffic and
>I got him!! :)) I held 2nd for another lap before, coming along the
>front straight I was repassed into Paddock. Back in 3rd. For the
>remainder of the race I stayed in 3rd. All 3 of us were still close
>together and lapping the backmarkers was making life difficult. This was
>to my favour however, as again, coming out of the last corner, on the
>last lap this time again the 2nd placed man hesitiated, took a wider
>line to pass a backmarker as I went low, taking 2nd and the chequred
>flag!! I was _ECSTATIC_!! :o) It was a superb dice, very clean and I
>felt very happy with the car. I feel a bit silly saying it but my team
>really really, truely and honestly (trying not to sound like Jeff Gordon
>too much) were really good to me all weekend and worked on the car all
>the time it was in the garage. I couldn't have asked for more.

>Perfect weekend,

> Great job Rob, I always enjoy reading about your exploits!  Sounds
> like you came up with some pounds sterling to race after all!

> Jeff

> Anyway, I was at Brands Hatch over the weekend, testing on Saturday and
> racing on Sunday. It was a lot of fun. Paddock Hill bend is just an
> amazing corner! :)) The test day was superb, as I got to run with the
> British Formula Ford teams that will run in the national 'Slick50'
> championship. I was running a '95 Swift so it was hard to keep up with
> the 2000 cars, however in the last session of the day in damp conditions
> I was able to keep up with them in the turns! I was well chuffed. I got
> down to a  50.4 best lap in the dry 3rd session before the rain came (4
> sessions in all - each session lasted 25 minutes). The best lap set in
> the car I was driving is a 49.4 so to be within a second of the pace on
> my first ever day at the track was pleasing.

> Sunday, raceday was very long. There were 9 races (and 9 qualifying
> sessions) to get through and my race was race 9! The track was dry and
> we had good weather all day. Qualifying went okay - I got down to a 50.4
> very early in the session before I got ***in my right foot and then a
> few yellows appeared on the track. Getting a good time after that was
> almost impossible. I was 4th on the grid, just 0.7s behined the pole
> man, who incidently was in a '99 Van Diemen!

> It was well past 6:00pm before we got called to the assembly area for
> the race. I was well fired up after almost 5 months since my last race!
> The race start was very tricky, as the grid was on a steep downhill
> slope - and I was on the outside line for P

> Out of curiousity, did you put in any laps on GPL (or any other sim with
> Brands in for that matter) before race day just to get the feel of the
> circuit?  If so did it help?

> Cheers

> Phil

> --
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> > Firstly, apologies for my lame GP3 demo April fools joke early on
> > Saturday morning :o)

> > Anyway, I was at Brands Hatch over the weekend, testing on Saturday and
> > racing on Sunday. It was a lot of fun. Paddock Hill bend is just an
> > amazing corner! :)) The test day was superb, as I got to run with the
> > British Formula Ford teams that will run in the national 'Slick50'
> > championship. I was running a '95 Swift so it was hard to keep up with
> > the 2000 cars, however in the last session of the day in damp conditions
> > I was able to keep up with them in the turns! I was well chuffed. I got
> > down to a  50.4 best lap in the dry 3rd session before the rain came (4
> > sessions in all - each session lasted 25 minutes). The best lap set in
> > the car I was driving is a 49.4 so to be within a second of the pace on
> > my first ever day at the track was pleasing.

> > Sunday, raceday was very long. There were 9 races (and 9 qualifying
> > sessions) to get through and my race was race 9! The track was dry and
> > we had good weather all day. Qualifying went okay - I got down to a 50.4
> > very early in the session before I got ***in my right foot and then a
> > few yellows appeared on the track. Getting a good time after that was
> > almost impossible. I was 4th on the grid, just 0.7s behined the pole
> > man, who incidently was in a '99 Van Diemen!

> > It was well past 6:00pm before we got called to the assembly area for
> > the race. I was well fired up after almost 5 months since my last race!
> > The race start was very tricky, as the grid was on a steep downhill
> > slope - and I was on the outside line for Paddock. Nevertheless, I held
> > the car across the brake and accelrator managing to hold the correct
> > revs and got a great start. I held the outside line right the way around
> > paddock and defended my 4th place upto the next turn, Druids. I was on
> > the brakes as late as I dared and nipped into 3rd!! I decided then that
> > it was better to hold my position and build a gap to 4th before trying a
> > maouver for 2nd. It wasn't long into the 15 lap race before we got
> > amongst the backmarkers. The gap to the leader was still very small and
> > coming into the last corner the 2nd placed man hesitated in traffic and
> > I got him!! :)) I held 2nd for another lap before, coming along the
> > front straight I was repassed into Paddock. Back in 3rd. For the
> > remainder of the race I stayed in 3rd. All 3 of us were still close
> > together and lapping the backmarkers was making life difficult. This was
> > to my favour however, as again, coming out of the last corner, on the
> > last lap this time again the 2nd placed man hesitiated, took a wider
> > line to pass a backmarker as I went low, taking 2nd and the chequred
> > flag!! I was _ECSTATIC_!! :o) It was a superb dice, very clean and I
> > felt very happy with the car. I feel a bit silly saying it but my team
> > really really, truely and honestly (trying not to sound like Jeff Gordon
> > too much) were really good to me all weekend and worked on the car all
> > the time it was in the garage. I couldn't have asked for more.

> > Perfect weekend,

> > --
> > Rob Swindells
> > [Rob Swindells Racing] http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> > "Add life to your days, not days to your life."
> > "The greatest substitute for talent is hard work."
> > "Doing it, is better than watching it, is better than simulating it."
> > "I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent."